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Newspaper
The Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1886
Page
2
A poem contemplates the winter solstice with fading sun and bleak winds Then notes a turning point as the sun returns and a new year begins The speaker longs for spring scents and harvest days while winter ends with a revived sun and renewed hope.
A hidden mutiny aboard a clipper aimed to seize the Rio harbor plan unravels after a young seaman retrieves pistols but hesitates. A lookout cry of a sailing vessel at dawn startles the mutineers, the captain disperses the threat, and the crew completes the voyage with a new third mate.
Debates on winter pruning for fruit and forest trees and the harm of scraping bark. Notes advise preserving rough bark, using limited root work and soap or lye washes for trunks. Also includes fencing a fence post treatment and German animal care observations, plus farm notes on beekeeping, fodder, manure, wool, oats for pigs, and beekeeping protection in winter.
A historical note describes applying rich decomposed horse manure on a steep sidehill. In spring the richer upper area grew superb corn while an uncovered strip below remained poor, suggesting manure movement during winter altered soil fertility on slopes. The account appears in the Cultivator column.
In a biographical sketch of Samuel Bowles, the Spring field editor’s discipline of assistants is described. It depicts harsh, abrupt rebukes and later praise, noting how hours and behavior shaped younger workers while Bowles balanced firmness with recognition. The piece uses a swordsman metaphor about politics and stance.
A collage of domestic tips covering glue waterproofing by soaking and heating in linseed oil, velvet pile restoration over hot water, canned goods caution after opening, meat storage on ice, fringe from old stockings for rugs, mixing colors for effects, scrap baskets from woolen buckets, gilding and plush velvets on decorative covers, proper potato cooking method, and organized clothing storage with labeled air packages. It advises careful labeling, medicine closets, and safe access to poisons.
Naples reports from Nucera that Maddalena Granata, aged forty seven, has borne fifty two children in nineteen years with fifteen sets of triplets. Her husband, physician, and local residents affirm the extraordinary fertility as no exaggeration. Separately, Miss Mary Lee, daughter of General Robert E. Lee, travels with United States Minister in Portugal and plans a further tour to Japan.
The Globe hosts We Us & Co with strong play and humor while Park Theatre touts Sol Smith Russell in Pelix McKusick. Bijou bows out Ethiopian minstrels. Alfa Norman English Opera premieres The Enchantress. Mikado continues to draw strong crowds with enhanced cast and renewed audience enthusiasm.
A Belgrade dispatch reports Servia and Bulgaria near dispute over peace terms while the powers summon Servia Bulgaria and Greece to disarm with Turkey to follow. Constantinople dispatch notes a Bulgarian union recognition and Turkish control terms. A Balkans thaw with heavy rains floods the Maritza causing widespread destruction with many villages destroyed and unknown casualties.
The Knights of Labor in San Francisco issued an address to all district assemblies nationwide urging their influence on Congress to pass absolute bans on Chinese immigration. The plan requests assemblies to forward petitions to Congress supporting such legislation.
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